Question 10
The area of an equilateral triangle ABC is 17320.5 cm2 . With each vertex of the triangle as centre, a circle is drawn with radius equal to half the length of the side of the triangle (see figure). Find the area of the shaded region. (Use = 3.14 and 3= 1.73205)
Area of shaded region
= Area of equilateral triangle
Area of sector ADE
Area of sector BDF
Area of sector CFE
It is given that,
ABC is an equilateral triangle,
So, sides of an triangle = AB = BC = AC
Also,
Area of an equilateral triangle = 17320.5 cm2
3/4 (side)2 = 17320.5
(Side)2 = (17320.5 4)/ 3
(Side)2 = (17320.5 4)/1.73205
(Side)2 = (17320.5 4 100000)/173205
(Side)2 = (173205 4 10000)/173205
(Side)2 = 40000
Side = 40000
Side = (4 10000)
Side = ((2)^2 (100)^2 )
Side = 200 cm
Given
Radius of each circle = Half length of side of triangle
= 200/2
= 100 cm
We know that equilateral triangle has all angles 60
ABC = BAC = ACB = 60
So, = 60
Area of sector ADE = /(360 ) 2
= (60 )/360 3.14 (100)2
= 1/6 3.14 100 100
= 1/3 3.14 50 100
= 15700/3 cm2
Area of sector DBF & CFE have the same value of radius and angle
Hence ,
Area sector ADE = Area sector DBF = Area sector CFE = 15700/3 cm2
Area of shaded region
= Area of equilateral triangle
Area of sector ADE
Area of sector BDF
Area of sector CFE
= 17320.5 15700/3 15700/3 15700/3
= 17320.5 3 15700/3
= 17320.5 15700
= 1620.5 cm2
Hence, area of shaded region = 1620.5 cm2
Made by
Davneet Singh
Davneet Singh has done his B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He has been teaching from the past 14 years. He provides courses for Maths, Science and Computer Science at Teachoo
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